When fans return to Richmond International Raceway September 9-10 for NASCAR’s “One Last Race to Make The Chase” weekend, they will experience an uncompromisingly audible and clear aural experience with the track’s new, state-of-the-art public address system.

Kevin Harvick turned the fastest lap in WRIC-TV8 NASCAR Nationwide Series qualifying this afternoon at Richmond International Raceway and will start tonight’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 from the pole position.

When the green flag drops on Friday night’s Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway, there will be several NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stars and the rest of the Nationwide Series standing in the way of a Carl Edwards’ fall three-peat at Richmond.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series “Race To The Chase” is winding down with the “Road To Richmond” rolling into Thunder Valley this weekend, making a stop at Bristol Motor Speedway Saturday night. Only two races remain, Bristol and Atlanta, until the Air Guard 400, which is “One Last Race to Make the Chase.”

The “Road To Richmond” will traverse the Tricky Triangle Sunday with the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ second stop of the season at Pocono Raceway. The 500-miler at Pocono will mark the halfway point of the “Race To The Chase,” which culminates on Saturday night, September 11 at Richmond International Raceway with “One Last Race To Make The Chase.”

The “Road To Richmond” roars back to action at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes its annual stop at the Brickyard. Sunday’s Brickyard 400 is the fourth event in the 2010 “Race To The Chase,” meaning only six races remain before “One Last Race To Make The Chase.”

Kevin Harvick won the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 “under the lights” Friday night, tying the track record for career NASCAR Nationwide Series victories. Harvick held off a hard-charging Brad Keselowski, edging the series points leader by just 0.256 seconds.

Anyone who has ever been to a NASCAR event at Richmond International Raceway knows the patriotism runs deep throughout the grandstands. The Saturday, September 8, pre-race ceremony before the Federated Auto Parts 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race takes the American spirit up a notch as four U.S. Olympians will join United States Marine Sgt. John Peck to lead the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Richmond International Raceway officials announced today the Virginia College Savings Plan has renewed its partnership with America’s Premier Short Track. The Virginia 529 College Savings 250 NASCAR Nationwide Series race kicks off the Fall NASCAR Doubleheader weekend “under the lights” on Friday night September 9. The Virginia College Savings Plan remains the Official College Savings Plan of the track and presenting sponsor of the Family Sections presented by Virginia 529 College Savings Plan.